MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT RAJOELINA REFUSES TO STEP DOWN AS GEN Z LED ANTIGOV’T PROTESTS CONTINUE

Sat 04 October 2025: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dismissed demands for his resignation from a youth-led protest movement, labeling their actions as a coup attempt orchestrated by political opponents. On Friday, demonstrators flooded the streets of Antananarivo following a brief pause in the almost daily protests led by the “Gen Z” movement, which has […]

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MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN IN GAZA HAVE ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ INJURIES: WHO

Sat 04 October 2025: Nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have sustained “life-changing” injuries, about one-quarter of whom are children, says Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territory. Peeperkorn told reporters during a UN briefing that the organisation has tallied a total of 167,000 injured people in the Gaza Strip […]

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CHINA’S ROBOTIC DOGS GEAR UP TO EXPLORE BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE

Sat 04 October 2025: Chinese researchers are testing and training robotic dogs in preparation for future exploration beneath the moon’s surface, an area deemed ideal for human lunar bases, the South China Morning Post said in its report published on Thursday. A team from Peking University’s school of computer science developed two specialized robotic dogs for the exploration mission […]

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WEBB TELESCOPE CAPTURES STUNNING VIEW OF GALAXY’S LARGEST STAR NURSERY

Beyond the Light Exhibition, curated with visuals obtained from the James Webb Space Telescope, in New York, United States (Photo by Fatih Aktas) Sat 04 October 2025: Observatory focused on Sagittarius B2, giant molecular cloud located just a few hundred light-years from supermassive black hole at galaxy’s center NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Thursday […]

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SELECTIVE VICTIMHOOD: HOW WESTERN MEDIA SHAPES THE CENSUS OF LIVES THAT “DESERVE” OUTRAGE

Sat 04 October 2025: The moral compass of our age can be measured not only by the wars that rage and the bombs that fall but also by the silences that follow. It is not the violence alone that defines the world we live in but the way that violence is narrated, the way victims […]

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HAMAS AGREES WITH TRUMP’S GAZA CEASEFIRE PLAN ‘IN PRINCIPLE’: SENIOR OFFICIAL

Sat 04 October 2025: Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk said Friday that the Palestine resistance group had agreed to US President Donald Trump’s plan on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip “in principle,” endorsing its main outlines, while stressing that implementation would require negotiations, Anadolu reports. Abu Marzouk emphasized in an interview with Qatar’s Al […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | SATURDAY – 04 OCTOBER 2025

Sat 04 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Mandla Mandela to be deported: Chief Mandla Mandela, the grandson of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, is expected to be deported by Israel within the next few days. The activist was among those intercepted on the GSF Flotilla this week. The GSF comprises […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA STAR FONTENOY BREAKS WORLD RECORD CYCLING UP EIFFEL TOWER

Fri 03 October 2025: Cyclist and social media sensation Aurelien Fontenoy became the fastest athlete ever to climb to the second floor of France’s Eiffel Tower on an all-terrain bike, the monument’s operator said on Friday. Fontenoy on Thursday climbed 686 steps of the monument to reach the second-floor platform, the last accessible by stairs, in 12 […]

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HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE DEAL BY 6 PM EASTERN TIME (2200GMT) ON SUNDAY, SAYS TRUMP

Fri 03 October 2025: US President Donald Trump set Sunday evening as the deadline for Hamas to accept his ceasefire and prisoner swap proposal, calling it the “last chance” for the Palestinian group. Trump said on Friday that Hamas must accept the deal by 6 pm Eastern Time (2200GMT) on Sunday, saying that if it […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | FRIDAY – 03 OCTOBER 2025

Fri 03 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Why did Nathi Mthethwa initially book the Paris hotel for two days?: “The body is in the government mortuary (Paris). They must still do the autopsy. They said they think by Monday, at the latest, Tuesday, they’ll finish their processes, and they can […]

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